Workplace disputes can be very costly and time-consuming for management. They can also have a negative effect on employee relations, and on the wider organisation. Â
Typical workplace disputes might include:
- Disputes between employees
- Disputes between an employee and a manager
- Bullying and harassment cases
- Issues relating to sickness and absenteeism
- Equal pay disputes
Workplace Mediation can help save you valuable management time and productivity, fewer escalating disputes and have an overall positive effect on employee relations.
Resolving the dispute in a timely way can be very beneficial for all concerned helping to alleviate the following concerns;
- Reduced staff morale
- Increased stress for managers and staff leading to worsening sickness absence levels.
- A decrease in productivity
- Damage an organisation’s reputation
- Loss of talent and related recruitment costs
- Deflection of management time away from business priorities
- Development of a blame culture
- Escalation to Employment Tribunal claims
Savings in management time and productivity, fewer escalating disputes and the positive effect this can have on employee relations makes mediation a truly worthwhile intervention.
Fees
Workplace mediation is undertaken on a staged basis designed to deal with the circumstances and complexity of the dispute situation. The process starts with a background briefing by the client, and is typically followed by individual meetings between the mediator and the parties.
These are then usually followed by a joint meeting involving all parties.
Fees are AED 19,500 per day.
- Expenses covering travel and accommodation are charged at cost.
- Most mediations are completed within 1 to 1.5 days.
- Fees for workplace mediations are usually paid by the employer.
